Conversation: Amy Waldman, Author of 'The Submission'

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For more on this story go to www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/ What if a jury selected a design for the new 9/11 memorial and then discovered that its architect was a Muslim? The new novel, 'The Submission' that explores in fictional form many of the tensions that in recent years have become the stuff of daily headlines. Its author is a longtime journalist for the New York Times, Amy Waldman.

AIR DATE 9/6/11